Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PREVENTION
prevention, bar
(noun) the act of preventing; “there was no bar against leaving”; “money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prevention (countable and uncountable, plural preventions)
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
(obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
(obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks
precaution; forethought.
Anagrams
• pervention, provenient
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*ven"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prévention.]
1. The act of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.] The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. Bacon.
2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] Hammond. Shak.
3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. South. Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. Shak.
4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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